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Dec. 16, 1924- l,519,889

G. M. VAN DYKE PPPPPPP LE Patentecl Dec. 16, 1924.

GERALD M. VAN DYKE, OF

TIENTsIN, o

HINA, ASSIGNOB OF ONE-HALF TO FRED PRICE, OF FORT MGDOWELL, CALIFORNIA.

PAPER FILE.

Application filed September 12, 1923.

To all whom it may cofniccrn:

Be it known that I, GERALD M. VAN DYKE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Tientsin, China, have invented new and useful Improvementsin Paper Files, of which the following is a specitication.

This invention relates to improveinents in paper files of the typecommonly employed for the retaining` of letters, documents and likeinstrun'ients in a fiat bound condition.

The principal object of this invention is to provide a file of the abovenature, which is of such a construction that one of the papers being`held therein may be removed without all'ecting the remaining papers,irrespective of the position of the paper to be ren'ioved relative tothe remainder of the group.

Another object is to provide means whereby all of the papers of thegroup may be readily secured together through the action of the file andlater removed in a bound condition.

Another object is to provide a file' which is simple in construction,convenient to use and one which may be manufactured at a reasonablecost.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent during the course of thefollowing description.

In the accompanying drawings forming` a part of this specification, andin which like numerals are employed to designate lilre parts throughoutthe same,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my file in an extended position, theclosed position being` shown in dotted lines,

Figure 2 is an end clevation an extended position, and

Figure 3 is a fragmentary top of my file.

Applicant is aware of the fact that various files have been employcd forthe purpose of retaining papers. These files, however, in mostinstances, comprised upwardly extending` pro-ngs upon which the paperswere placed in Succession, the result being that when a paper near thebottom was desired, the papers above the desired paper had to beremoved.

I have overcome this difliculty by providing a top section similar tothe bottom section, which top section is provided with telescoping tubesadapted to telescope the of my file in plan view SeraI No. 662,310.

ordinary pins, and I have slidably engaged the top section to the bottomsection, with the result that the papers above the desired p apers maybe moved upwardly together with the top section, while the papers belowthe desired paper may be retained upon the bot tom pins, after which thedesired paper may be removed and the top section dropped to its normalposition.

In the accoinpanying` drawings wherein for the purpose of illustrationis shown a preferred embodiinent of my invention, the numeral 5desiguates the base of the file, which is provided with a rearwardextension G. This extension serves to position an upright 7 having arectangular cross section.

Positioned forward of this tubular member 7, are spaced pins as shown at8 and 9. These pins are screw-threaded in the base 5. A. circulardepression as shown in dotted lines at 11 i's provided around each ofthese pins, the purpose of which will be later seen.

At 12 I have shown a top section which is provided with a rearwardlyextending,` por tion 13 within which is positioned a rectangular tubularmember 14, which tubular member is provided with a flared bottom asshown at 16, and is adapted to telescope the rectangular member 7. Thistubular member 14- carries a latch 17 pivoted as at 18 and havinga pointwhich is adapted to pass through an opening 19 in the tubular member 14,and to engagre a recess 10 formed iii the rect angular member 7. Thiscngagement is best shown in dotted lines in Figure 2.

It will be noted by viewing this figure that there are two recesses 10formed in the rectangular member 7 one near the upper extreinity and onenear the lower extremity.

Mounted on the top section and spaced from this tubular member 14 aredown- Wardly extending tub-ular members 21 and 22. These last-mentionedtubular members are positioned so as to telescope the pins S and 9 andare each provided with a pointed end as shown at 23 and 24.

Eyes as shown at 26 and 27 are provided in each of these tubular membersnear their points the purpose of which will be later seen.

The operation of my file is as follows Assuming that a number of papershave been placed upon the pins 8 and 9 and that the top section is inthe position shown in Figure 1, the latch 17 is pressed, which releasesits point from engagement in the recess 10 near the upper end of themember 7, thus allowing the top portion 12 to drop. The result is thatthe po-inted ends 23 and 24 of the. tubular members 21 and 22 will passthrough the papers upon the pins 8 and 9, during the telescoping actionof' this tubular member with respect to their pin.

The pointed ends will come to. rest in the ei'rcular depression 11 andat the same time the latch 17 will engage the lower recess in the member7 e will now assume that it is desired to remove. a paper from a pointsomewhere within the filed papers. The paper is located, the hand placedupon the paper and with the other hand the latch 17 is released and thetopi section 12 raised. At the same time that the raising` action takesplace, the papers above the hand will travel upwardly with the tubularmembers 21 and 22 due to their frictionl and a clamping action, whichoccurs as soon as a slight sag occurs (which action is well known).

When the upper section of thefile has been raised to the full line.position of Figure 1, the paper beneaththe hand can then be raised andyremoved'from t-he file and the papers returned to their normal position.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a veryv simple file and onewhich will meet all of the requirements relative to a file of thisnature.

y referring to Figure 2, I have shownA in dotted l'ines a thread orstring which may be threaded through the eyes 26 and 27 while-all of thepapers are upon the pins 8 and 9. By no-w yforcing the top portiondownwardly, the ends of the string will be threaded through the papersafter which the ends may be t-ied and the. papers may be transferred forStorage.

It'is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown anddescribed isl to be taken as a preferred example of the same, and thatvarious changes in the shape, size and arrangement of p-arts may beresorted to without departing from the spi-rit of the invention or thesoope of the subjoined claim.

Having thus described my invention, I claim In a device of the characterdescribed, a base, a rectangular member secured to said base andextending at right angles there.- from, a` plurality of pins secured tosaid base, a circular recess formed in said base at a. point surroundingeach of said pins, a top member, a. rectangular tubular member securedto said top member and adapted to telescope said rst-mentioned tubularmember, a latch secured to said tubular member and adapted to contactsaid rectangular member and a plurality of downward-ly eX- tendingtubular lmembers adapted to telescope said pins, said last-mentionedtubular members having` eyes formed near the. lower extremities thereof`substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature. v p

GERALD M. VAN DYKE.

